Pharmacologic C5-Complement Suppression Reduces Blood Loss During On-Pump Cardiac Surgery
Inflammation contributes to morbidity following on-pump cardiac surgery. Complement activation during cardiopulmonary bypass has been associated with the postoperative bleeding and tissue injury.
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Gastrointestinal Complications After Cardiac Surgery
Gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery are often difficult to diagnose, and are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. The aim of this study was to determine risk factors for these complications.
The Kinetics of Plasmin Inhibition by Aprotinin in Vivo
The rise in plasmin generation and fibrin degradation that occurs during standard CPB is suppressed by the addition of aprotinin, which returns the patient to near baseline fibrin degradation rates during CPB.
The Current Status of ECMO Therapy and Its Implications
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a more or less accepted standard in the algorithm of advanced acute respiratory distress syndrome therapy in adult patients when all other treatment options have failed.
Non-Occlusive Condition with the Better-Header Roller Pump: Impacts of Flow Dynamics and Hemolysis
Possible flow loss of the non-occlusion setting with the BH should be almost negligible in most clinical situations. The BH-NO350 demonstrated hemolytic characteristics similar to those of the BH-SO, but not as good as those of the CP.
Experience and Result of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Treating Fulminant Myocarditis With Shock: What Mechanical Support Should Be Considered First?
Owning to advantages of fewer complications, easier application, and biventricular support, ECMO can be considered as the first-line treatment of mechanical support for FM with profound shock when intraaortic balloon pumping is inadequate or infeasible.
Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Surgery for Interrupted Aortic Arch
Profound hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass either with low flow rate or with circulatory arrest is equally the preferable choice for the surgery of interrupted aortic arch.
Extended Support With the Terumo BABY-RX Oxygenator
The Terumo Baby-RX™, a new-generation low prime oxygenator, recently has entered the perfusion market in North America. This oxygenator is designed exclusively for neonates and infants and has the smallest priming volume of any clinically available oxygenator.
Anticoagulant Monitoring Techniques in a Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Patient Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Using Bivalirudin Anticoagulant
Heparin is widely used as the anticoagulant of choice for cardiopulmonary bypass. However, some patients exposed to heparin therapies develop heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT).
Retrograde Autologous Prime With Shortened Bypass Circuits Decreases Blood Transfusion in High-Risk Coronary Artery Surgery Patients
Minimizing hemodilution by shortening the bypass circuit and performing retrograde autologous prime conserves the use of blood during routine coronary artery bypass surgery.
Impact of Extracorporeal Circuit Prime Volume Reduction on Whole Blood Sequestration During Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution for Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients
The combination of PPV reduction with ANH may represent a useful blood conservation approach in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB.